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Description

The Osprey Stratos 26 is combines classic design with modern features to create the perfect daypack.

Open up this top loader and toss in everything you need a day of freedom in the hills. The Airspeed™ Suspension and spacer mesh harness and hipbelt will keep your load stable and comfortable no matter where you roam.

Organizational features include a fixed twin-zippered top pocket and two side pockets with InsideOut™ mesh compression to bolster stability and provide easy access storage. And there are also two zippered pockets on the hipbelt, perfectly sized to keep your phone and trail snacks close at hand.

Additional features include a removable sleeping pad straps for varied external attachment options, an ice axe attachment loop for high alpine excursions.

I've had this pack for 6 years and it is still is superb condition with only a couple of knicks/scuffs. It's been my day in/day out pack for hikes, climbing, travel and everything in between for over half a decade and is nowhere near it's half life.

The two external pockets on the top flap are generously sized and well protected, and the water bottle sleeves are nice and tall with good stretch. These areas of the pack can also be compressed down, or you can readjust the strap to hold down a skinnier water bottle that might be prone to falling out.

The main compartment is quite large and accessible (I have the top loader, not the panel loader) and there is more than one place to put a hydration pack. It can go inside the main compartment or it can be suspended in the arched area outside of the pack to make more room inside. It's easy to throw a rain shell or fleece over the top cinch and then strap down the top flap to keep everything in place. Compression straps on this pack are perfect and allow it to keep a very low profile when minimally loaded.

There aren't a ton of features on this model but what is there is very functional. The loop and closure system for an axe is easy to use, as is the retention system for trekking poles. The pockets on the waist belt are handy for smaller tools or quick use items, as is the same with the pocket on the right shoulder strap. The integrated rain cover is so well placed you may very well forget it's there. Absolutely zero worries of moisture with the cover properly deployed. Even without the cover this model stands up to a pretty solid amount of weather.

I have ZERO complaints about this backpack and have never found myself wishing for a feature that wasn't there. I'll be using my Stratos 26 for another six years, and then another....